unabsorbed

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Recent Examples of unabsorbed Orlistat can cause digestive problems because unabsorbed fat passes into and lingers in the colon. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The company reported a net income of $95 million for the quarter, compared to $58 million in the previous year, with the increase attributed to higher volumes and lower unabsorbed costs. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024 University of Vienna's Lukas Kenner theorizes that clumps of concentrated, unabsorbed antibiotics attached to the surface of nanoplastics could provide the perfect breeding ground for bacteria to become resistant to the medication. Joe Salas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024 Supplements provide high doses of magnesium at one time, which can lead to excessive unabsorbed magnesium. Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2024 The authors are developing technology that can convert some of those unabsorbed wavelengths into colors close to silicon’s sweet spot. Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023 Because the calories in this unabsorbed fat aren't utilized, the amount of calories entering your body decreases. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 On a mechanistic level, unabsorbed polyols draw water out of your body and into your gut lumen, resulting in loose, watery stools. Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabsorbed
Adjective
  • Once solar time in Greenwich had been carried, night and day, around the spinning globe, time became highly abstracted, cut away from its animal home so as to be more easily figured both geologically and evolutionarily.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • The invaluable bond between artist and muse is exemplified by their abstracted slumbering embrace, her nude form dominating our gaze as her rosy flesh juxtaposes with the jade-sage background.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And in Longo’s image, the subtext is the absent laborer.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If students were not in class, they would be marked absent but would be excused if a parent called them out.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What this means for users seeking college admissions guidance is that AI platforms cannot discern whether uncommon or out-of-the-ordinary patterns in extracurricular guidance, personal statement topics, summer planning, or hook development are weak and unfocused or unique and eye-catching.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Anderson’s account shows just how ill-informed and unfocused its approach was to the events of 1978–79.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Goudstikker did not take any paintings with him, but kept a black notebook containing the details of his collection, which has since helped his family recover the lost artwork.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Dave Kanosh points out that another characteristic of the Kóoshdaa Káa is that the spirit will occasionally assume the form of the lost person, either to confuse people or to lure them away, too.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Alex also still seems to be oblivious to her feelings towards him.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The fears of my imagination, the possibility of losing a child due to one inattentive moment, all combined to leave me gasping for breath.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In the interview, Mustafa describes Seeley as inattentive and overly aggressive, both with his words and even physically in otherwise friendly pillow fights.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Police always investigate a drowning to rule out cases of abuse or extreme neglect, but an absent-minded parent accidentally forgetting to lock the pool gate or door to the backyard was unlikely to land them behind bars, Hoskin said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
  • For absent-minded individuals who are constantly losing their phone or wallet, the Apple AirTag will save the day.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Lincoln Nautilus is an underappreciated contender in the luxury midsize SUV market, part of a brand that seems tired, itself part of an automaker that seems perpetually distracted, itself part of an automotive ecosystem that is awash in luxury midsize SUVs from very, very tough competitors.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 1980, when Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, seized oil fields on the Iranian border, under the assumption that Iran was too distracted to object, Iran saw an opportunity to pivot to fighting external enemies.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Unabsorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabsorbed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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